Left Wing Extremist (LWE) Data

Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs
Shri Gurudas Kamat in written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha
on March 16, 2011 gave the following details about Left Wing Extremist
(LWE) violence:

During 2010 Left Wing Extremist (LWE)
violence was reported from 96 districts in 11 States. Left Wing Extremism
is primarily a law and order problem, but it has socio-economic dimensions
too. The Naxalites operate in the vacuum created by absence of administrative
institutions, espouse local demands and take advantage of the disenchantment
among the exploited population and offer an alternative system of governance
which promises emancipation from the clutches of "exploiter class" through
an "armed struggle." Naxalites also terrorise local people and have
no compunction in terrorizing / killing people, including tribals, who
they feel do not subscribe to their views.

The State-wise, year-wise incidents
of Naxal violence during 2008, 2009 and 2010, till date and deaths of
civilians and security forces are as under: